grace of summer

words: Shinichiro Yamashita
music: Satoshi Yaginuma
arrangement: Satoshi Yaginuma

as the morning sun flickers
beyond the horizon where it cuts its way through the pale darkness
I’m pursuing something that has crumbled away like sand
a place unreachable

I don’t know how far I can go
but something is calling me
so the summer wind engulfs everything and allows me passage

the ocean spray splashes wildly at the boundary of a world of memories
that place there is comforting, gentle one
I abandon everything and mourn not for what I once longed for
and continue to embrace the hot sensation from the rays of the sun

I felt like the words I used to communicate
were disappearing like bubbles of seafoam
I cannot find them even when they glow brightly
I was becoming one of the them

color is now quietly escaping
from the burning scenery
the setting sun spread across the summer night is repainting it

I search for any trace and rid myself of pain and sorrow
because this will be the last time I cry
I bury my lonely heart and give that feeling no destination
whatever I break will resurrect again so never again will I look back

the ocean spray splashes wildly at the boundary of a world of memories
that place there is comforting, gentle one
the season scatters its light and passes by
I’ll embrace everything one day again and, in that moment, will fly up and away

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aoi yami wo　kiri nuketa mukou ni
asuhi no hane　yurameite iru koro
suna no you ni　kuzurete itta mono
oikaketeru　todoku hazu nai no ni

doko made ikeru ka wa　wakaranai
demo nanika ga yonde iru kara
natsu no kaze ga subete wo tsutsunde yurushite yuku

mizu shibuki agete　tobikomu　kioku no sekai no hate ni
yasashikute　yawaraka na　ano basho ga aru
nani mo ka mo sutete　kogareta koto　kuyandari shinai
hizashi yori　atsui omoi　watashi dake ga　daki tsuzukeru yo

tsuuji atte　ita hibi no kotoba mo
awa ni natte　kiete iku kigashita
kagayaite mo　mitsukete moraenai
hitokakera ni　watashi wa natte ita

yakitsukerarete yuku keshiki kara
ima tashika ni iro ga nuketeku
natsu no yoru ni nijinda yuuhi ga　sore wo someru

omokage sagashite　naku no wa　kore de saigo ni suru kara
kanashimi mo　setsunasa mo　ima　nakushiteku
kodoku na kokoro　umetsukusu　ikiba no nai　kono omoi
kowashite mo　yomigaeru　dakara　nido to furikaeranai

mizu shibuki agete　tobikomu　kioku no sekai no hate ni
yasashikute　yawaraka na　ano basho ga aru
hikari wo chirashite　sugiyuku　kono kisetsu yo itsuka mata
dakishimete　nani mo ka mo　sono shunkan　tabitatteru kara